The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-10-07
iFfep' ess regular eeFssspepdsntl
OUR NAsHINGTON LETTER.

|OCR WARRINGTON LETTER.
wAsmNoIo>. ~ q, Sept 30. 1887.
That the action Of The government IN
Issuing = call for the purchase o. four.
teen millions In bonds % wise and time
Ily, u the opinion Of abie and experienced
6nanclers Ia oil POI .ions OF the country
and there u also . general feeling that 4
financial crises WAS narrowly aVerled-
due directly 90 che constant snd enor.
nous absorption Of tho currency By the
Immense surplus that continues % nc.
cumulatc with startling psrki6leucy.
know OF certain siaunch aud extensive
business trms, In Soma great CONNER
|cial centers OF the Union, that were %.
solu,ely unable 10 place loans, with the
best collateral. u 20 per cent. The ready
response 10 the Treasury's measure Of
reliet has been 90 satisfactory that Il IL
believed that there will be no further
,ightness generally seriously felt in the
monf, market until Congress viii have
the oppoll~nitA "A .tpside permanently
Tor HE country financial ills, brought
lon hy the canker worm Of our body pol
litic the Treasury surplus our trouble.
some heritage from tho unsound fiscal
policy Of the Republicans.
The President aud Secretary Bayard
had . conference, lasting nearly = day,
the past week, during which several
lCongressmen were denied audience, aud
In j. supposed that some affair OF State
lof grave imporl->perhaps Z solution Of
the fisheries problem was under dis
cus~ion. though uothing has yet trans
Ipired TO indicate the subject matter OF
the consultation.
The commissioner Of internal revenue
IL preparing q statement that will show
to what extent the government receipts
would be decreased by = total repeal OF
the internal revenue taxes. and the re-
suit. 50 tar. il interesting Ia one aspect,
AZ least. ~ showing a decided change il
the bibulous tendencies and ~inciinaliona
of the citizens Of the United States. 1t
appears that as compared with the pre-
vious dsca! year there has been . great
falling of In the manufacture OF whisky
y the decreased taxation amounting TO
nearly three millions aud three quarters
M the decline having been noticed for 4
number OF years past. But, on the other
. hand, the manufacture Of beer IL % rap
idly Increasing that II may now Be
termed the national beverage the In.
Icreased taxation Of the past year show
ing 4 gain Of about two million and
halt hoilt.s over the preceding year
Al ~ early date ihe commissioner pro.
poses % have 40 anals iirai test mnre ~
very hfsnn 81 AmtfinAn hset rs IL u
alleged liMf ntar, tfewt 4 N.e wnye Ai
le.hnl 10 Masking Then nse' Than tie Nv
allows hence n iS|thnught the aneiys.I
will cause a sensation. Tile commission
Ter OF internal revenue states Il as his be-
lief that the steady decrease IN the man
ufacture Of distilled spirits Is due 10 Thu
rapid growth Of temperance reform u
avs this country.
90 While ali Is so quiet In politics--thi
being an Of year--it may startlc, 10
does not awe your readers, that . nev
I. Presidential ticket, and . wonderful
combination Il Is, soo, linking ~ i, doe
two Of the great names Of the nation
has been launched here IN the Capita
And well ms> President Cleveland. =
he realizes Tie strength of this "combinr
quake IN his boots. ~ he sees HE vi-io|
: of a second .erm vanish into thin air. "a
how does he dare 10 oppose the Pres
idential aspirations ~ those mighty me
/. lof renown u, those eminent statesmen VIII
will favorably compare With The father
:. fthe Republic--Lincuin and Douglas
= r@s = ttptHt ~ AbVUcit ktp(Otu NJ
Frederick Douglass The glorious dee
was done q . banquet given 10 Dou,
RS. lass, the intellectual giant Of the neg
race, on the anniversary OF. emancip
tion day, and though, BY : strange {
Incidence. Robert. the son Of his fsths
happened 10 be 10 this city q the en-
time. ] do not know that be is COMM
rpv ted to the movement, vet his presen
here % such ~ occasion may Be signi
lcant.
The frisky and Maynard RiddIebt
GS, ger, feeling that be hiss been onubbed
his Republican Senatorial associat
threatens 10 give the majority trout
NEXT winter BY voting with the Dem
- Gratis and t'eing The Senate whenever
per suits the within Of The ~etrs,ic Virg'n IL
which JUDGING from his past cour
<EWil be quite often Riddleberger "
be the pivotal power OF the Senate. q
\ he will make the most OF HE exception
opportunity 70 keep the Republicans
: constant state OF suspense.